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gerri: so it is too late to but this idea the fantasy that somehow the obama will follow its own way? i don't see that. >> correct. >> this is what hhs said. >> of the consumer believes the plan option is more expensive the and the canceled health insurance policy they could be eligible for catastrophic coverage for the hardship exemption. that is more expensive than obamacare coverage? really? >> it could be. the actual premiums would be loaded if they of the fully loaded policies you will not get any subsidies for the catastrophic coverage even if you bought it through the change. that is the difference from net cost but this backtracks that the coverage scheme, regulation, subsidies are not working and for the people who work their way through the web site they are told thank you very much that we will let you off the hook. that is a bet -- a bad headline. gerri: listening to what the president said. >> the basic structure of the law is working. you still have to laypeople that signed up those that rolled through in the first three weeks of december alone. gerri: what? really? i do
gerri: so it is too late to but this idea the fantasy that somehow the obama will follow its own way? i don't see that. >> correct. >> this is what hhs said. >> of the consumer believes the plan option is more expensive the and the canceled health insurance policy they could be eligible for catastrophic coverage for the hardship exemption. that is more expensive than obamacare coverage? really? >> it could be. the actual premiums would be loaded if they of the fully...
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nancy pelosi in reality it's unlikely that obama care will be a plus, but eventually people are going to stop worries about web sites and start focusing on economic issues. >>> so to the 1.3 million americans losing benefits, merry christmas from the gop. it's wrong to less more than a million americans behind. >>> nancy pelosi could be right. democrats have nothing to worry about. will, i know you disagree with everything i just said, but these you can concede that republicans are overplaying their hands and just assuming that obama care will -- >> for the past three, five years. we've been talking about it for -- >> let me be more specific. talking about it by cutting taxes for the wealthy is not exactly what i mean. i'm talking about the idea of racing a federal biff wage and extending unemployment benefits. >> let's bess honest. the truth is everyone knows, you want to submit with an argument quickly, if you raise the price of something you get less of it. you get less of it. the truth is this is a political argument. you want to pivot to not talking about obamacare, but accusing
nancy pelosi in reality it's unlikely that obama care will be a plus, but eventually people are going to stop worries about web sites and start focusing on economic issues. >>> so to the 1.3 million americans losing benefits, merry christmas from the gop. it's wrong to less more than a million americans behind. >>> nancy pelosi could be right. democrats have nothing to worry about. will, i know you disagree with everything i just said, but these you can concede that...
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. >> people depend on their social security checks to live it shows the obama administration is out of touch. >> we do have 55 million americans getting this money and they need it for their food or bread or mortgage so they can pay these. so even if we had just one withholding it would be tragic. gerri: 58 million americans get social security checks and 44 million rely on them. we have to have them every single month. to the deal that we talk about today, is this real or is this another pass just kicking the can down the road? >> there is a lot of back-and-forth on the debt ceiling negotiation and every proposal before brings us a step forward but also to hold still so the latest item no fit is more reasonable but where it gets rid of the fee that the union did not like but also gives to the employers so this could be the way to win to have special interest umbel sides. gerri: we will be all years if it is unveiled but $17 extra per month a cost of living adjustment increase because interest rates are so low. how was that going over? >> the problem is consumer prices how they come up
. >> people depend on their social security checks to live it shows the obama administration is out of touch. >> we do have 55 million americans getting this money and they need it for their food or bread or mortgage so they can pay these. so even if we had just one withholding it would be tragic. gerri: 58 million americans get social security checks and 44 million rely on them. we have to have them every single month. to the deal that we talk about today, is this real or is this...
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back in the united states, obama care is shaking up the system. it's been a bumpy start, but this week, we got the first cold facts about how many people have signed up for this new insurance through the healthcare.gov website. fewer than 27,000 people made it through the federal website in october to get enrolled. many states have their own websites, and in california alone, more people enrolled then on the federal website. you can see how your own state is doing at cnn.com/healthcare. if you have insurance through your job, through medicare, medicaid, you're already set up. if not, you do have to sign up, but you have until march 31 to avoid that fine. >>> next up, we have some new guidelines that might make it seem like everyone is going to be taking statins to lower their cholesterol. the question is, should you? [ male announcer ] this is jim, a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation -- an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine
back in the united states, obama care is shaking up the system. it's been a bumpy start, but this week, we got the first cold facts about how many people have signed up for this new insurance through the healthcare.gov website. fewer than 27,000 people made it through the federal website in october to get enrolled. many states have their own websites, and in california alone, more people enrolled then on the federal website. you can see how your own state is doing at cnn.com/healthcare. if you...
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fighting about obama care now and then about the budget. that happens in couples too. >> it is called flooding. once water goes under the bridge you can't bring it up again. as i said. you have to look for what are the under lying issues. we use money and sex as our fighting thing its in relationships. but the truth is it is always about power and compromise. what they can accomplish together is so much greater than what either can do together. they are both there we need to have the republicans as a watch dog and we need to have the president making the signature legislations and we need to get along so that the rest of the family can grow and thrive. >> if yyou have to have your 30 second session what would you tell them? >> well you know obama tried to call a meeting with all of congress and john boehner held back and only let 20 of them go. they need to go goelfing togethr and they need to hang out and have a beer and not talk about anything else but each other. >> this is a fun metaphor to explore. nice to see you too. >> up next, can
fighting about obama care now and then about the budget. that happens in couples too. >> it is called flooding. once water goes under the bridge you can't bring it up again. as i said. you have to look for what are the under lying issues. we use money and sex as our fighting thing its in relationships. but the truth is it is always about power and compromise. what they can accomplish together is so much greater than what either can do together. they are both there we need to have the...
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when is obama going to fix it? go ahead. >> first of all, why are republicans then saying we should be cutting $20 billion in food stamps? why are they saying we should cut assistance to the poor? >> here's a republican. >> i have to say two things. you say of course it will take more than five and a half years. obama said if he didn't have it done in four he wouldn't run for a second term. unfortunately he didn't cash in on that. second of all, shoutout to ohio here. governor kasic turned an $8 billion deficit into a surplus. unemployment since he took office went from 9 to 7.2% which is below the national average. people are still trying to give credit to obama for that. >> do you want to answer that? >> i was going to point out that under governor jerry $26 billion deficit -- >> good grief. >> turned into a budget surplus. no one expected it. but californians were able to pass a tax increase on themselves in order to fund education. >> so 40% top rate nationally for income tax. california is 13 -- 39%. californi
when is obama going to fix it? go ahead. >> first of all, why are republicans then saying we should be cutting $20 billion in food stamps? why are they saying we should cut assistance to the poor? >> here's a republican. >> i have to say two things. you say of course it will take more than five and a half years. obama said if he didn't have it done in four he wouldn't run for a second term. unfortunately he didn't cash in on that. second of all, shoutout to ohio here. governor...
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dennis: what will the need for the obama and admistration and what she did? werke aig is great news. he had a bad couple of weeks with the launch but it shows the policy put in place years ago are paid dividends. where people are participating and it is good all-around heading into the holiday season where people have confidence and spent more buddy it shows we have to stay the course talking to about jobless benefits that helps to fuel the growth for people to participate and this creates more jobs. congress has to make sure it is a fragile recovery they cannot have that same sort of brings michelle to threaten to appear the debt ceiling and ready to get up a deal when we are supposed to. >> in the '80s and '90s we did not have just a tax increase of cuts but that have been dip this year that could have called is like having 400,000 jobs created because we're not in stimulus motive to do more. it was good news. >> so if we have a government is shut down assembly will have a quarter reported taken off for gdp what a powerful economic engine and then we have t
dennis: what will the need for the obama and admistration and what she did? werke aig is great news. he had a bad couple of weeks with the launch but it shows the policy put in place years ago are paid dividends. where people are participating and it is good all-around heading into the holiday season where people have confidence and spent more buddy it shows we have to stay the course talking to about jobless benefits that helps to fuel the growth for people to participate and this creates more...
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are yoold enough toememr when president obama -- gerri: that is not the nice thing to ask. >> when they said this was going to save us up to $500. now is costing us. gerri: it seems like that was a long time ago. so many promises i mean, to your point command of want to hear what you have to say. making the point that the promises have been so blown. what we were trying to achieve, so unquestionably -- mistakes made, not even close. is there any way thathis entire law can be put on hold, held back, stopped in its tracks. >> i think they are dermined to implement this. the biggest problem is if you can keep your doctor. people will find out. i found a plan and fled only has seven pediatricians for account to a 250,000 kids. these networks are so restrictive. it will be hard for people to keep their doctors. the information is not available. they are enrolling not knowing whether their doctor is in our have network. doctors in a study to drop out because they're cutting how they pay physicians. gerri: to that point, let me mention something. a story in the "washington post" today. insure
are yoold enough toememr when president obama -- gerri: that is not the nice thing to ask. >> when they said this was going to save us up to $500. now is costing us. gerri: it seems like that was a long time ago. so many promises i mean, to your point command of want to hear what you have to say. making the point that the promises have been so blown. what we were trying to achieve, so unquestionably -- mistakes made, not even close. is there any way thathis entire law can be put on hold,...
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president obama will make a statement at 1:00 chicago time. safety and inspection employees are being asked to return to work. another 200 engineers and safety staff who approved a new plane designs, the republican candidate for governor introduced his choice for lieutenant governor today. an attorney, a city council member and served as chairman of the chapter. the last canada to select his running mate. to import and votes on the expressway could be in jeopardy. >> the project is expected to relieve congestion and bring huge economic and transportation benefits to the south suburbs. there will vote on the plan tomorrow. a final vote is expected next week. judges might soon pay more for their health insurance. judges have been paying less than $1 a month for their health care coverage. once the judges to pay their full share. part- time crossing guards and board of elections commissioners would also be affected. the plan could save the county $4 million a year. all of the dogs and cats have been adopted. a school bus barrel into the shelter l
president obama will make a statement at 1:00 chicago time. safety and inspection employees are being asked to return to work. another 200 engineers and safety staff who approved a new plane designs, the republican candidate for governor introduced his choice for lieutenant governor today. an attorney, a city council member and served as chairman of the chapter. the last canada to select his running mate. to import and votes on the expressway could be in jeopardy. >> the project is...
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the wall street journal reports about 50,000 people successfully signed up for coverage through the obama care web site. the web site has had technical problems. the administration is considering alternatives including allowing people to bypass the web site and sent directly through insurance companies. sampsell cisco is turning into gospel city so a little boy's wish can come true. the has leukemia. that has not stopped him from wanting to be a super hero. >> 7000 volunteers are helping him become one. on friday he would join that man as the sidekick. . there'll be called to make a rescue on the cable car tracks. and stop a villain from pulling off a heist. that kid will get to ride in the bat mobile and receive a key to the city. >> i love that. i'm glad they're making that wish come true. >> >> >> we're making short ribs with the chef from the montgomery scot american airlines and years airways would join forces. the reached an agreement with the justice department to allow the merger. the deal would require american and usair ways to give up some slots and a number of big u.s. airport
the wall street journal reports about 50,000 people successfully signed up for coverage through the obama care web site. the web site has had technical problems. the administration is considering alternatives including allowing people to bypass the web site and sent directly through insurance companies. sampsell cisco is turning into gospel city so a little boy's wish can come true. the has leukemia. that has not stopped him from wanting to be a super hero. >> 7000 volunteers are helping...
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president obama meeting with dozens of huge companies the heads of ape and twitter and yahoo and google. talking health care at the white house. the healthcare.gov website, former adviser to president bush, brad blakeman says it is a little too little. marissa mayer would've been fantastic to call her early on. but now come i don't know what she can do to help. >> i think the president is desperate and he has callein the techies and it's too little too late. and he got the best and the brightest to come build his campaign website and by al accounts, it ran fantastically. so why did the president called these brilliant minds to help them? they are coming to validated system that is still broken. melissa: sheryl sandberg has been one of his bigge supporters. she had a lot of engineers that could have come and helped probably for free. and he knows that he has all of silicon valley at his disposal. what's your theory? >> the president said that we had to go through a bidding process and the president should have put together an advisory board and hired them to build a website for obamacare
president obama meeting with dozens of huge companies the heads of ape and twitter and yahoo and google. talking health care at the white house. the healthcare.gov website, former adviser to president bush, brad blakeman says it is a little too little. marissa mayer would've been fantastic to call her early on. but now come i don't know what she can do to help. >> i think the president is desperate and he has callein the techies and it's too little too late. and he got the best and the...
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the obama administration and extended the deadline by 24 hours. they did not want a last-minute rush to crash the webs -- that could crash the website. suzanne kennedy is that the live desk with the latest on the story about the meningitis outbreak last year. >> about 750 people died after about 750 people developed fungal meningitis and 64 people died. they have agreed to set up a victim compensation fund worth more than $100 million. the massachusetts-based company gave up its license and filed for bankruptcy. michigan, tennessee, and indiana had the highest number of cases. the company says it denies any liability or wrongdoing, but wanted to establish a fund for people who died or suffered. victims have until january 15 to file a claim. >> thank you very much. this morning, a christmas wish people living in an upper marlboro neighborhood. the massive pile of trash that was in front of his house is gone. tvs,y night, old mattresses, garbage, even if pn oh cover the front lawn. abc 7.rs turned to hours after the story aired, the trash was gone.
the obama administration and extended the deadline by 24 hours. they did not want a last-minute rush to crash the webs -- that could crash the website. suzanne kennedy is that the live desk with the latest on the story about the meningitis outbreak last year. >> about 750 people died after about 750 people developed fungal meningitis and 64 people died. they have agreed to set up a victim compensation fund worth more than $100 million. the massachusetts-based company gave up its license...
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the awkward dynamics of president obama and president putin of russia. this is not going to go well. the u.s. government accusing russian diplomats as scamming american dollars. they don't like putin-care, but they do like obamacare. at the it's the same program that many want to expand. but they don't look at where they have been throwing them. dam, it's good to ee you. >> it's good to see you as well. >> would he make of this? >> i think that this is an example that many finally get across to people that medicaid is a failed program. do you remember the bridge to nowhere last decade and a crystallized in people's minds? i think that this story about russian diplomats mafinally get people to focus on the billions of dollars of waste a federal entitlement that should be sent back to the states, just like w did with welfare reform in the 1990s and it really is outrageous. diplomats of another country figuring that let's go ahead and american taxpayers to finance her health care costs. neil: you must tip your hat to these russians. they found a way to get
the awkward dynamics of president obama and president putin of russia. this is not going to go well. the u.s. government accusing russian diplomats as scamming american dollars. they don't like putin-care, but they do like obamacare. at the it's the same program that many want to expand. but they don't look at where they have been throwing them. dam, it's good to ee you. >> it's good to see you as well. >> would he make of this? >> i think that this is an example that many...
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today the president accused republicans of lodging a crusade against obama care while he rejected their latest offer to re-open part of the government. a world war ii veteran made the trek from mississippi to washington only to see this, the memorial dedicated to their service closed. world war ii infantriman james nations had no idea. >> we didn't know anything about it being shut down. we didn't watch the news this morning. >> reporter: somebody, not clear who, got the barricade lifted long enough that they could get in. the shutdown hit 800,000 federal workers around the country the hardest, no work, no pay. >> i life from paycheck to paycheck unfortunately. >> these are real people's lives being affected and ruined. >> i'm getting tired of feeling like a ping-pong ball. >> reporter: the whole mess started with a twisted game of political ping-pong, the first volley a week ago friday, the republicans house passing a government funding bill that defunded obama care. a week later the senate rejected it. the house tried a slightly different investigation sunday, the senate rejected and
today the president accused republicans of lodging a crusade against obama care while he rejected their latest offer to re-open part of the government. a world war ii veteran made the trek from mississippi to washington only to see this, the memorial dedicated to their service closed. world war ii infantriman james nations had no idea. >> we didn't know anything about it being shut down. we didn't watch the news this morning. >> reporter: somebody, not clear who, got the barricade...
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the obama administration is offering to destroy some of syria positively as weapons. u.s. officials say will be done in international waters aboard a 700 foot government owned ship. it still subject to final approval. no other country has committed to disposing of the chemical weapons on its own soil. a rand says it will increase its production of uranium enriched at a low level. the production will be done using machines that treaty asleep reduce 20% enriched uranium. last weekend, air and said it would freeze part of its activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions. you might be surprised to year who is leading time magazine's public poll of person of the year. the person is known to be quite the wrecking ball. plus, beyoncÉ is firing back at accusationst -- at sh >> you might find it hard to believe who is leading time magazine's online poll for person of the year. according to the hollywood reporter, it is a miley cyrus. she has more than 29% of the votes, putting her ahead of nsa leaker edward snowden and cereal eater bashar al-assad. time's editors will make t
the obama administration is offering to destroy some of syria positively as weapons. u.s. officials say will be done in international waters aboard a 700 foot government owned ship. it still subject to final approval. no other country has committed to disposing of the chemical weapons on its own soil. a rand says it will increase its production of uranium enriched at a low level. the production will be done using machines that treaty asleep reduce 20% enriched uranium. last weekend, air and...
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obama, you're a family man, and so you understand the deep mental anxiety and anguish that it i have been experiencing and therefore appealing to you. on a humanitarian basis, it's nothing else. i'm asking that you take the necessary actions to expedite my release. >> this is the second video released by al-qaida showing wienstein asking the president for help. the white house has not commented on this new video, but in the past it says the u.s. will not negotiate with al- qaida. >>> today the young man accused of walking into a los angeles airport terminal and opening fire will face a judge. authorities say 23-year-old paul ciancia shot four people last month at l.a.x., killing a tsa officer. today ciancia will be arraigned in federal court. if convicted, he faces the death penalty. >>> five people have been arrested after a christmas melee broke out at a movie theater parking lot in florida. authorities say it started after a group of young adults rushed the building and tried to force their way inside. an officer used pepper spray on the group and they left. at the same time they
obama, you're a family man, and so you understand the deep mental anxiety and anguish that it i have been experiencing and therefore appealing to you. on a humanitarian basis, it's nothing else. i'm asking that you take the necessary actions to expedite my release. >> this is the second video released by al-qaida showing wienstein asking the president for help. the white house has not commented on this new video, but in the past it says the u.s. will not negotiate with al- qaida....
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it's notlike obama is writing code himself. realistically these were fundraising efforts for the democratic party. everybody can always use money. if you are barack obama, you could stay in washington and get republicans to work with you. >> i have yet to see a democrat talking about this. >> all i say is that we are closer to 2014 election. >> ithink that the self-imposed deadline, if it's not operating effectively, it will be tremendous problems. he can make sure that this gets done. it's not an excuse to say that i didn't know. he needs to be on top of it. >> it seems to bend pat of this, but i actually believe that. >> there's only one of two options. but it is his signature legislation. to make sure that it gets executed as good as possible. so he's not paying attention. if he did know, either way. >> the deadline probably doesn't help his cause. >> yes, i do agree with your poin it is someone who has certainly gone on your show. >> the no-show is as good as possible. >> yours is the greatest cryogenics lab that you can se
it's notlike obama is writing code himself. realistically these were fundraising efforts for the democratic party. everybody can always use money. if you are barack obama, you could stay in washington and get republicans to work with you. >> i have yet to see a democrat talking about this. >> all i say is that we are closer to 2014 election. >> ithink that the self-imposed deadline, if it's not operating effectively, it will be tremendous problems. he can make sure that this...
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now, the senate says no, obama says no, obama care starts tomorrow. it's already funded. they can't do anything about that. the question i think, it is about obama care, but it's really about keeping the government open or closed. the other thing i think when he talks about, he sent a message out about the debt ceiling. we're still 17 days away from the debt ceiling. >> his last line was, he said we should never keep -- put the full faith and credit of the united states at risk. jedi ya, your thoughts on president obama's speech? >> the line that i love is when he talks about the shutdown and he says it's a real economic impact on real people. yes, guess what, so is obama care. that's what this whole fight is about. the never economic impact on small businesses shifting workers from full-time to part-time status because of obama care. when the right has something to say, it's presented as a ideological battle. when the left has something to say, it's always presented as a tangible practical battle. that's simply not true. we're talking about policy. we're talking about ba
now, the senate says no, obama says no, obama care starts tomorrow. it's already funded. they can't do anything about that. the question i think, it is about obama care, but it's really about keeping the government open or closed. the other thing i think when he talks about, he sent a message out about the debt ceiling. we're still 17 days away from the debt ceiling. >> his last line was, he said we should never keep -- put the full faith and credit of the united states at risk. jedi ya,...
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neil: the obama administration requesting aid. but many want to wait until they know where each dollar is going. think of all the money that we have wasted, the money that went to haiti to help them out but never really help them out all right, don't say i didn't warn you with good intentions. 60 billion allocated for hurricane sandy. the government is having trouble tracking where the money is going as well. we have the heritage budget expert now. none of this surprises me. but it is a reminder, particularly chris christie of new jersey who said we need the money now and this includes attacks of speaker boehner and the others. >> there were billions of dollars and it was awful. when we looked at it, there was so much money and now the fact that we are not even tracking is this to find out where that money is going. that is just the tip of the iceberg and there were billions of dollars from the get-go to get around with the sequester so lawmakers could spend more. neil: maybe it was a go slow approach, but apparently of the money
neil: the obama administration requesting aid. but many want to wait until they know where each dollar is going. think of all the money that we have wasted, the money that went to haiti to help them out but never really help them out all right, don't say i didn't warn you with good intentions. 60 billion allocated for hurricane sandy. the government is having trouble tracking where the money is going as well. we have the heritage budget expert now. none of this surprises me. but it is a...
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is the obama care website fixed yet? >> i'm tour'e, speaking of stats, numbers don't lie, your mom and dad are the coolest ever, at least they think they are. >> all in the genes, kpatability gene and the science of love. >> get your hash tags ready, this is going to be a winning wednesday. ♪ >>> there may not be a party feel but hhs kathleen sebelius is in a white house meeting talking to senior advisers about you guessed it, the onhline obaa care exchanges as the best and brightest rebuild the massive site, that was the administration aegs description, they insist the president didn't know about the problems nlg after the rollout. >> do you know when he first knew there was a problem? >> well, i think it became clear fairly early on. the first couple of days -- >> not before that though, not before october 1st? there was no concern at that point in the white house or hhs? >> i think we talked about having testing going forward and if we had an ideal situation and could have built a product in a five-year period of ti
is the obama care website fixed yet? >> i'm tour'e, speaking of stats, numbers don't lie, your mom and dad are the coolest ever, at least they think they are. >> all in the genes, kpatability gene and the science of love. >> get your hash tags ready, this is going to be a winning wednesday. ♪ >>> there may not be a party feel but hhs kathleen sebelius is in a white house meeting talking to senior advisers about you guessed it, the onhline obaa care exchanges as the...
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collins to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for repealing the tax on medical devices included in obama care and yesterday senator john mccain warned about the dangers of their strategy. >> we should be sitting down and the president should be engaged and democrats, they better understand something, what goes around comes around and if they try to humiliate republicans, things change in american politics and i know what it's like to be in the majority and in the minority. it won't be forecast gotten. now is the time to be magazi magnanimous and get it done. >> meanwhile, senator mccain's running mate was in washington over the weekend from 2008 joined by senator ted cruz for a profession over the shutdown and obama care. >> we are here to honor our vets. you look around, though, and you see these barricades and, you have to ask yourself, is this any way that a commander in chief would show his respect, his gratitude to our military? >> why is the federal government spending money to erect barricades to keep veterans out of this memorial? there are 14 bills sitting on harry reid's desk t
collins to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for repealing the tax on medical devices included in obama care and yesterday senator john mccain warned about the dangers of their strategy. >> we should be sitting down and the president should be engaged and democrats, they better understand something, what goes around comes around and if they try to humiliate republicans, things change in american politics and i know what it's like to be in the majority and in the minority. it won't be...
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the travel industry losing millions by the hour. >> lines open for obama care in california. no shut down here, these are state employees but it won't be easy getting through. >> three people facing charges in a sleepover murder of an 8-year-old girl. she was apparently not their only target. >> is a san francisco base kpd taking money meant for charities? 7 on your side is coming up. >> like everybody else we thought there owe could o.would be an 11th hour keel. >> she's one of the thousands of workers federal employees caught in the squeeze of a government shut down tonight. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. like hundreds of thousands of others she will not be drawing a paycheck during the shut down. the pain is also being felt by millions of people using our national parks here in the bay area. abc 7 news is live at alcatras landing with that part of the story. heather? >> the golden gate national park service got word at 3:00 in the morning the shut down was real. so, the park police are still working smrks rangers but you'll not find rest rooms, visit
the travel industry losing millions by the hour. >> lines open for obama care in california. no shut down here, these are state employees but it won't be easy getting through. >> three people facing charges in a sleepover murder of an 8-year-old girl. she was apparently not their only target. >> is a san francisco base kpd taking money meant for charities? 7 on your side is coming up. >> like everybody else we thought there owe could o.would be an 11th hour keel....
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what the obama did is this. emergency birth control, plan b, was available for women 17 and older without prescription. but because of the age restriction you couldn't find it on the shelves. you had to ask the firm sift. if you were under 17 you had to get a prescription. but doctors and scientists at fda determined that plan b was safe without the restrictions. they were about to lift them to put them on drugstore shelves. that was at the end of 2011. it was a shocking and controversial move, the obama administration stepped in and stopped it. health and human services administrator blocked services to emergency birth control. it was the first time, first time ever, the hhs had ever publicly overruled the fda. in history. which naturally brought forth allegations the administration was putting politics above science. this decision did, after all, approximately coincide with the start of the 2012 presidential campaign. but the reason the obama administration gave for overruling signs behind the fda decision was
what the obama did is this. emergency birth control, plan b, was available for women 17 and older without prescription. but because of the age restriction you couldn't find it on the shelves. you had to ask the firm sift. if you were under 17 you had to get a prescription. but doctors and scientists at fda determined that plan b was safe without the restrictions. they were about to lift them to put them on drugstore shelves. that was at the end of 2011. it was a shocking and controversial move,...
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monday is the second inaugural for president barack obama. it's also a market holiday in observance of martin luther king day. then we are in the heavy part of earnings season for the fourth quarter. reports are expected from johnson & johnson, mcdonald's, verizon, proctor & gamble. also coming out in tech, apple, ibm, google, and microsoft. tuesday, exisales of existing hs will be out. also by the way, friday is treasury secretary timothy geithner's last day on the job. jack lew takes over from there. >>> finally, "fortune" magazine releasing its annual list of the companies to look for. google was tops thanks to the 100,000 hours of free massage and a seven-acre sports complex. pretty good. rounding out the top five are sas, a data analytics firm, chg health care in salt lake city, the boston consulting group and wegmans food market. 78 of those best companies are looking to fill more than 65,000 jobs this year. that'll do it for us for today. thank you so much for joining me. next week, i'll be reporting from the world economic forum in sw
monday is the second inaugural for president barack obama. it's also a market holiday in observance of martin luther king day. then we are in the heavy part of earnings season for the fourth quarter. reports are expected from johnson & johnson, mcdonald's, verizon, proctor & gamble. also coming out in tech, apple, ibm, google, and microsoft. tuesday, exisales of existing hs will be out. also by the way, friday is treasury secretary timothy geithner's last day on the job. jack lew takes...
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obama kays is a mess. at some point when we know people, a will be insured and whether b, sufficient numbers of young people 18 to 35 are being secured that the foundation of obama care itself, young paying for older? >> i doubt the administration will disclose number of young people who are enrolling unless those numbers are good which they probably will never be. lou: since when does a president or an administration get to decide that they will not tell the american people whether a program they're paying for is working or not? >> i certainly don't agree with their disclosure strategy but it is going to be -- i don't know if it can be solved through litigation. it will take a new administration or congress to force them to do it. lou: effectively what you're saying we may be faced with a prospect we not only have utterly incompetent and incapable government, but we don't have the where with all or the, the resources or avenues to correct it and, we don't know whether, to what degree we need to. >> to wha
obama kays is a mess. at some point when we know people, a will be insured and whether b, sufficient numbers of young people 18 to 35 are being secured that the foundation of obama care itself, young paying for older? >> i doubt the administration will disclose number of young people who are enrolling unless those numbers are good which they probably will never be. lou: since when does a president or an administration get to decide that they will not tell the american people whether a...
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because we know that the obama campaign took that sort of thing seriously. the for-profit company would take that sort of thing seriously. did the federal government and state government not do it? now there is a worry. are we going to have these things up and running by january 1st when the new health care plans would kick in? what about the flood of traffic that will come in march when people saying this is my last chance to sign up. so it went from people saying this is just first-day traffic to now people saying maybe these things were not built to handle any level of traffic to sign people up for this. there is certainly a lot of panic in washington. gerri: a lot of shortcuts taken, no doubt about it. but you are working. thank you for coming on. appreciate you coming on the show. >> thank you for having me. gerri: time now for a look at the stories you're clicking on on foxbusiness.com. worries about the budget impact in washington and the approaching debt ceiling deadline pushing stocks lower. the dow plunged 150 points at the open and stayed in the r
because we know that the obama campaign took that sort of thing seriously. the for-profit company would take that sort of thing seriously. did the federal government and state government not do it? now there is a worry. are we going to have these things up and running by january 1st when the new health care plans would kick in? what about the flood of traffic that will come in march when people saying this is my last chance to sign up. so it went from people saying this is just first-day...
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is obama ^ trick or treat? log on to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right-hand side of the screen and i was a result of the end of the show. there is another big government program clunker for the obama administration. you remember cash for clunkers? three it was supposed to lower carbon emissions, create jobs, then that is according to a report from the liberal leaning institution brookings. with more on this, president of citizens against government waste. welcome back to the show. you know, this report is funny, but it is coming from brookings. it is highly critical of this program. so many goals and really failed. what did you make of it? >> of brookings says it is bad, it has to be worse than anyone thinks. they hardly ever criticize a thing of the government does. almost one half million jobs created per job created under cash for clunkers. hundreds of thousands. they said don't ever do this again which is about as negative as you can say about any program in the federal government. gerri: what that showed
is obama ^ trick or treat? log on to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right-hand side of the screen and i was a result of the end of the show. there is another big government program clunker for the obama administration. you remember cash for clunkers? three it was supposed to lower carbon emissions, create jobs, then that is according to a report from the liberal leaning institution brookings. with more on this, president of citizens against government waste. welcome back to the show. you know,...
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is obama the right man? do you like what you see for maybe the second term obama already? >> i love the man. i voted for him originally. i actually went to a meeting with 18 of the top executives, the guys that started google. and in the meeting, everybody was a big supporter. i said, mr. president, i love your heart. i absolutely believe in your intelligence. i know you care. i voted for you the first time but i said i would love to know how it's going to be different when there's such demonization going on. i think that's the significant problem in our country. it's not one person. we used to be able to have a dialogue. today it's you're right, you're wrong. that process happens in the gun debate, it's happening everywhere in this country. i had a conversation with him and said, listen, if you think the solution that you're telling me you're going to do in your next term is you're going to raise taxes on the wealthy, i'm more than willing to pay that. i'm supportive of that. but that will raise $80 billion. even less now because they cut it from 250 as the cutoff. that w
is obama the right man? do you like what you see for maybe the second term obama already? >> i love the man. i voted for him originally. i actually went to a meeting with 18 of the top executives, the guys that started google. and in the meeting, everybody was a big supporter. i said, mr. president, i love your heart. i absolutely believe in your intelligence. i know you care. i voted for you the first time but i said i would love to know how it's going to be different when there's such...
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. >>> an important deadline under president obama's health care law hits tonight. it could put a crimp in your holiday spending. that's because those who want their coverage to start new year's day will also have to fork over their first month's premium by tuesday, december 31. tara mergener has the latest. >> reporter: workers with washington, d.c.'s health care marketplace hit the shopping malls this weekend trying to convince people to sign up for insurance. >> at first it was slow and now it's definitely picking up and we're getting more people to sign up. >> reporter: most of those without insurance who want coverage to start january 1 have until midnight to sign up for it. but there is no fine for missing this deadline. the penalty for not signing up doesn't kick in until march. pl purchase coverage could have options. people whose basic plan was canceled because it didn't meet requirements under the president's new law may qualify for cheaper catastrophic insurance. many republicans say the different options and last- minute changes are confusing and require
. >>> an important deadline under president obama's health care law hits tonight. it could put a crimp in your holiday spending. that's because those who want their coverage to start new year's day will also have to fork over their first month's premium by tuesday, december 31. tara mergener has the latest. >> reporter: workers with washington, d.c.'s health care marketplace hit the shopping malls this weekend trying to convince people to sign up for insurance. >> at first...
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>> can we not. >> do you have obama care? >> obama care, what's that? >> it's great. it's great. i started signing up last thursday and i'm almost done. >> many of these folks need to sign up for the exchanges. i compared that to president obama's speech he gave in boston on october 30th across three big cable channels, about 1.9 million views and you think this is when it becomes a problem. trust aside president obama once people -- >> rebuttal -- >> rebuttal. >> last point, once american people make up their mind it become difficult to change that. >> that's not true at all. before medicaid was enacted in the '60s and medicare part d in the '90s under the second george bush. the numbers were highly unpopular, even more so and more unpopular than obama care is at this point. this thing can be easily turned around. i'm sure the country music folks are clearly talking to a lot of people who were already against obama from the beginning. i mean, when the president -- the former president is saying about the obama care plan is kind of laughable. the reason why obama and his folks we
>> can we not. >> do you have obama care? >> obama care, what's that? >> it's great. it's great. i started signing up last thursday and i'm almost done. >> many of these folks need to sign up for the exchanges. i compared that to president obama's speech he gave in boston on october 30th across three big cable channels, about 1.9 million views and you think this is when it becomes a problem. trust aside president obama once people -- >> rebuttal -- >>...
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in the meantime republican harris says it's the fault of president obama and fellow democrats. he said congress will work to restore "temporary funding to parts of the government that were inappropriately shut down by the president." for the latest on what the shutdown means for maryland here's roosevelt leftwich. what can you tell us? >> reporter: maryland is feeling it worse than many other states because thousands of federal workers live here. the state stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in taxes and other revenue. with no end in sigh
in the meantime republican harris says it's the fault of president obama and fellow democrats. he said congress will work to restore "temporary funding to parts of the government that were inappropriately shut down by the president." for the latest on what the shutdown means for maryland here's roosevelt leftwich. what can you tell us? >> reporter: maryland is feeling it worse than many other states because thousands of federal workers live here. the state stands to lose tens of...
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obama stared down the right on this. the next time we're going to go at it is probably april of next year. the memories of this past episode will still be pretty fresh. we'll be looking at a midterm election pretty soon. it will be difficult for your the gop to play the extortion game again. but when it comes to positioning, grand bargaining, expanding cuts to entatelement, we're still going to see a lot of funny business. that remains to be seen. you know, i don't see, you know, paul ryan being especially chasing but i don't see the people that the gop are sending to negotiate feeling especially chastened. i think they're going to push not over the brink but they're going to push this as hard as they feel they need to. >> i want to point out the chart they put up is something rachel maddow had on the show is all the things the republicans got out of this and all the thing they did not get that they asked for. but the flip side is the democrats wanted all of this. you could make the argument that the president didn't win
obama stared down the right on this. the next time we're going to go at it is probably april of next year. the memories of this past episode will still be pretty fresh. we'll be looking at a midterm election pretty soon. it will be difficult for your the gop to play the extortion game again. but when it comes to positioning, grand bargaining, expanding cuts to entatelement, we're still going to see a lot of funny business. that remains to be seen. you know, i don't see, you know, paul ryan...
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. >> president obama held a long news conference this morning promising his administration will recover after fumbling the rollout of the selling health -- signature health care law. katie marzullo what does it mean if individuals? >> it means if you got a cancellation notice you can maybe ignore it and keep the current plan. >> i get how upset this is if a last machine after assurances they heard from me if they had a plan they liked they could keep it. >> to those members, president obama says i hear you. he says people will be allowed to keep their plans for real. >> the insurers can extend plans that otherwise would be canceled into 2014 and americans whose plans who have been canceled can reenroll. >> republicans are not buying it. >> it is clear the american people cannot trust the white house. >> the spot not giving up and says 9 affordable care act will not be repealed and wants those who got a cancellation letter to give another chance. >> if you received one of the letters i encourage you to look at the market place even if the witness isn't working as smoothly as it should fo
. >> president obama held a long news conference this morning promising his administration will recover after fumbling the rollout of the selling health -- signature health care law. katie marzullo what does it mean if individuals? >> it means if you got a cancellation notice you can maybe ignore it and keep the current plan. >> i get how upset this is if a last machine after assurances they heard from me if they had a plan they liked they could keep it. >> to those...
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it is possible to get the wheels turning fast enough to get what obama wants happen. it takes up to a year to get them organized and regulator in place. obamacare is none of those. not sophisticated, not organized. it may be expensive a expense. super expensive if it gets up and running, that is my 2-cents more. dvr the show if you can't catch us live, have a great night. >> the democratic party in a panic, no one more desperate than the part leader, president obama telling state health insurance commissioner to afford the affordable care act, if they want to and told health insurance companies they can continue to sell plans that don't meet the law's standards, if they want to, it appears that president obama has politically set fire to the obamacare train wreck. i am lou dobbs. good evening president faced with
it is possible to get the wheels turning fast enough to get what obama wants happen. it takes up to a year to get them organized and regulator in place. obamacare is none of those. not sophisticated, not organized. it may be expensive a expense. super expensive if it gets up and running, that is my 2-cents more. dvr the show if you can't catch us live, have a great night. >> the democratic party in a panic, no one more desperate than the part leader, president obama telling state health...
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what are you prepared to cut, president obama? what are you putting on the table? we have given you $16 billion in january of new revenues with no cuts. so show me some cuts, and then we can start about how serious you are. >> let me tell you something, 16 months ago the president against the desires his own party put things on the table, change the cpi for social security and cuts for medicare, and -- >> what were the specific change on cp snishgs what was the number? >> and these were the numbers pass bed tween jeantween gene s >> and it suits both of their objecties. chuck todd put it beautifully, and he noted it in "first read" this morning, yes, both sides are kicking and screaming publicly and yes, they will impact people's livelihoods, but if you are a republican and you want to cut spending, you are getting it, and if you a democrat who wants to reduce the defense spending or ensure that all of the cuts aren't targeted only at social programs, you're getting your wish. and for these cuts to come exclusively from social spending. so michael steele, you are s
what are you prepared to cut, president obama? what are you putting on the table? we have given you $16 billion in january of new revenues with no cuts. so show me some cuts, and then we can start about how serious you are. >> let me tell you something, 16 months ago the president against the desires his own party put things on the table, change the cpi for social security and cuts for medicare, and -- >> what were the specific change on cp snishgs what was the number? >> and...
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>> sounds a little bit like a promise obama made, if you like your job you can keep it that is what he is saying. what happens the people who need the job most, single mothers who don't have a lot of skills, building up work skills to go on and do something better, they will drop them, fire them, replace them with machines and replace them with better workers. the people who get hurt most by minimum wage increase are poorest people who need the skills the most to build up and do something better. >> christian what about that argument? you're seeing at restaurants around the country where they're doing automated check yacht, get the check at table. went into walgreens and swipe yourself out. so if you force people to pay $15 an hour, there is going to be fewer o available because you know what, i can buy a machine to do that? >> melissa, you hit the nail on head. we've seen levels of automation in recessions where minimum wage quite low. that happens no matter what. businesses innovate no matter what. raising minimum wage is matter of valuing work. our determining whether or not or not
>> sounds a little bit like a promise obama made, if you like your job you can keep it that is what he is saying. what happens the people who need the job most, single mothers who don't have a lot of skills, building up work skills to go on and do something better, they will drop them, fire them, replace them with machines and replace them with better workers. the people who get hurt most by minimum wage increase are poorest people who need the skills the most to build up and do something...
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the new cycle this week has been impacted by the obama care launch. >> let's talk about that. there was a whole lot of grilling on the hill yesterday regarding obama care and the glitches and some are calling for the human health and secretary to resign. is that warranted? >> that would be a major admission on behalf of the administration that they messed up? >> you don't see it happening? >> i don't see it happening. i could be wrong. it's just my opinion. this is an example of government not working. i think it's part of this larger narrative for republicans of government simply not ready for primetime with the obama care launch. the bottom line, this only impacts 15% of americans for trying to get rolled into the health care system, and yet for every american, they look at this -- i am from outside of philly, and this doesn't pass the common sense test that a site doesn't load. >> some congressional members staff members have until october 30th to decide if they have to sign up for obama care. could this see firsthand what kind of an affect this is having? >> it's a great p
the new cycle this week has been impacted by the obama care launch. >> let's talk about that. there was a whole lot of grilling on the hill yesterday regarding obama care and the glitches and some are calling for the human health and secretary to resign. is that warranted? >> that would be a major admission on behalf of the administration that they messed up? >> you don't see it happening? >> i don't see it happening. i could be wrong. it's just my opinion. this is an...
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but could a battle to defund obama care derail everything? we're live on capitol hill. >> they are battling it out. we also have some shocking new details. there's a deadly wildfire in arizona. it's already killed 19 brave firefighters. could this terrible tragedy have been prevented? what the official investigation just uncovered. >> and for the first time ever, scientists say they are developing a flu shot that can help guard against every form of the flu. when might it become available to everyone? a member of our fox news team weighs in. >>> folks, we're really down to the wire as we begin with the budget somehowdown in our nation's capitol hill. only three days until the government completely runs out of money. house members are meeting in a rare weekend session today. and they're considering a bill which was passed by the senate that actually funds both the government and obama care. chief congressional correspondent joins us. it seems like the republicans in the house were willing to make compromises but the senate didn't buy it. >> re
but could a battle to defund obama care derail everything? we're live on capitol hill. >> they are battling it out. we also have some shocking new details. there's a deadly wildfire in arizona. it's already killed 19 brave firefighters. could this terrible tragedy have been prevented? what the official investigation just uncovered. >> and for the first time ever, scientists say they are developing a flu shot that can help guard against every form of the flu. when might it become...
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elizabeth recognize beijing's new territorial claims. >>> a las vegas judge rejects obama's bid for -- the former football star is serving a sentence of 23 years in prison. he was convicted in trait 2008 have armed robbery. >>> heck it out. new dash cam video from new jersey shows one police officer displaying heroism in the line of duty. he came to the scene of a truck fire and sprang into action. he rushed toward the burning vehicle, as you see right there, pulling the unconscious driver to safety. that driver remains in critical condition. >>> and a tow truck driver was helping a stalled vehicle yesterday when suddenly a pickup truck pulling a trailer almost jackknifes right there. thankfully, no one was hurt. >>> all right. time to get down to business. the nasdaq finished above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years, while the dow continues its upward rise to new record territory. louis vuitton, the change of the face of the red square. at least temporarily. it's a replica of a piece belonging to a tsar family. >>> the boxing superfar dan pacquiao fresh off his weekend win has had
elizabeth recognize beijing's new territorial claims. >>> a las vegas judge rejects obama's bid for -- the former football star is serving a sentence of 23 years in prison. he was convicted in trait 2008 have armed robbery. >>> heck it out. new dash cam video from new jersey shows one police officer displaying heroism in the line of duty. he came to the scene of a truck fire and sprang into action. he rushed toward the burning vehicle, as you see right there, pulling the...
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as obama prepares for a second term, where will the party by? will they tree to seize the moment and move sharply left. you can't be represent for four more years without a couple of episodes like this. >> whoops. that's all right. >> more of the lighter moments in the side show. [ male announcer ] no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throa
as obama prepares for a second term, where will the party by? will they tree to seize the moment and move sharply left. you can't be represent for four more years without a couple of episodes like this. >> whoops. that's all right. >> more of the lighter moments in the side show. [ male announcer ] no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6-symptom cold & flu...
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president obama called for raising the minimum wage. speaker boehner came out against the preposal saying it will make it harder for small businesses to hire what might be more workers. what do you think the political ramifications of that might be for the gop? >> well, the gop has consistently been against the minimum wage. they have always used the same argument that speaker baner is using which is it will have a negative effect on unemployment. the unfortunate thing about that is that same argument could justify paying employees nothing. >> and as we mentioned viewership, we mentioned earlier, viewership for the state of the union is the lowest that it's been for 13 years. what do you make of that? >> westminster dog show. i mean i don't know about you. i was switching back and forth. >> banana joe is pretty compelling. >> it really was. i was among those who was very unhappy that golden retriever has never won. possibly could have won had he not stopped for a drink of water. >> do you think this signals that people are less engaged
president obama called for raising the minimum wage. speaker boehner came out against the preposal saying it will make it harder for small businesses to hire what might be more workers. what do you think the political ramifications of that might be for the gop? >> well, the gop has consistently been against the minimum wage. they have always used the same argument that speaker baner is using which is it will have a negative effect on unemployment. the unfortunate thing about that is that...